whats wrong with this picture?

[TosaInu]

I do not see cannons in that first picture King Noob the Stupid? [edit]Ah, now I do: your eyes rock. I agree, those knights are out of place. I like the (small) variations in their outfit to avoid clones.[/edit]

The knights are chainmail, not full plate. If I had to guess: knights 12th century, pikes 16th.

The trebuchet [5] is indeed weird. The sling should open when the tip passed its heighest point and perhaps even a bit later than that.

[7] is interesting.
I like the not so static back of the infantrist on the right.
No stirrups indeed. I think RTW is used as starting point, no stirrups in that game, wasn't required either. Perhaps we'll see them in a later build.
Horses seem to look better.

[Mikeus Caesar]

No stirrups indeed. I think RTW is used as starting point, no stirrups in that game, wasn't required either. Perhaps we'll see them in a later build.
Horses seem to look better.

I think stirrups were invented by Red Indians in America, so there weren't any stirrups about in Medieval Europe. I think they gained popularity in the 18th-19th century.

Correct me if i'm wrong, i just remember reading a book about warfare when i was about 10, so the information has become a bit fragmented over the years.

EDIT: That information is definately fragmented. I googled it, and it would appear stirrups originated either from China or Steppe Nomads, and reached Europe in the 700's. My only problem was i put the origin of stirrups on the wrong side of the world, and said they reached Europe a thousand years late.

[Templar Knight]

The first stirups came around the 5th century

[Doug-Thompson]

IIRC, the first recorded use of stirrups was in India, where they were just a convienence to help a rider get on the horse. They weren't used for anything in actually riding the horse, at least not at first.

There is some controversy about how important stirrups were. Some scholars argue that deep-seated saddles with backs on the are just as useful for making sure the rider doesn't fall out when a lance makes contact.

[caio giulio]

All'inizio del VIII secolo venne introdotto in Europa l'uso della staffa, che si rivelò essenziale per la cavalleria pesante. La staffa permetteva l'utilizzo delle lance al galoppo e impediva alla fanteria di disarcionare il cavaliere con troppa facilità

By wiky


Translation:

stirrups where introduced in Europe at the beginning of the VIII century